#173 How healthy wine consumption really is French Paradox and J-Curve demystified

There is a recurring pattern in the wine industry: whenever wine
consumption drops, we dig up old studies and try to sugarcoat our
wine consumption. But how healthy is wine consumption? And can we
really rely on the studies? Tune in to get the answer.





Alexander Gottschalk
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-gottschalk-641838223/)





Shownotes:


(00:00:00) The „Wine is Healthy“ Dilemma


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/06/the-scientific-studies-showing-the-health-benefits-of-wine/


(00:02:32) The foundation: three different studies with false
causality


J-Curve (Leger, Cochrane, 1979)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/86728/


Resveratrol Claim (Siemann, 1992)
https://www.ajevonline.org/content/43/1/49.short


French Paradox (Richard, Cambien, 1981)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7220281/


(00:03:37) How healthy is (red) wine consumption


https://www.heart.org/en/news/2019/05/24/drinking-red-wine-for-heart-health-read-this-before-you-toast


(00:04:22) Mushrooms as an example


Microdosing and tripping on mushrooms is on the rise in U.S.


https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/06/27/nx-s1-5021788/magic-mushrooms-psilocybin-microdosing-psychedelics-trends


(00:07:19) The J Curve demystified


(00:11:55) Cardiovascular benefits and blood pressure


https://nutrition.org/french-paradox-really-wine/


(00:13:24) French paradox deromanticized


https://nutrition.org/french-paradox-really-wine/


(00:15:29) There are still doctors claiming it based on old
studies that were demonstrably wrong


https://magazin.wein.plus/faq/wein-und-gesundheit/welche-positiven-effekte-hat-wein-auf-die-gesundheit


Alcohol before exams


https://www.kenn-dein-limit.de/alkoholverzicht/weniger-alkohol-trinken/anders-entspannen/


(00:19:22) All About Balance